Invigorating Insights

Diverse businesses outperform their peers by up to 36% - can you afford not to tackle diversity in 2021?

As with a number of other business-related challenges, the topic of diversity has taken somewhat of a back seat in the past year as companies all across the globe have been focused on survival and on navigating the trials and tribulations of the new Covid world. In fact, many a

Planning for an IPO - Part 1: The Decision to Float

David Wilkinson helps entrepreneurs grow their companies and manage the issues and opportunities that come from rapidly scaling up their businesses, whether private, private equity backed, or listed on the public markets. David is a Chairman, Non Executive Director, board advisor and mentor for fast growth entrepreneurial businesses. He brings

Selling to Large Businesses – How to Make Your Customers’ Lives Easy

Article authored by Invigorate Advisor and Procurement Strategy expert, Hannah Tilston. Successfully navigating the sales process into large companies can make the difference between a mediocre year and a game-changing one. Those hours spent honing sales pitches, getting the branding just right and building relationships ready for when the time

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How Scaleups are driving the Sustainable Economy

In collaboration with Download the report here. Just before the unforgettable events of 2020 kicked off around the globe, the ‘Green Economy’ was the focus of attention for many countries, leaders and businesses. Companies were prioritising green approaches and making significant changes to things like product packaging and sustainable supply

How to Become More Purpose-Driven as an Organisation

Article authored by Invigorate Advisor, Edwin Abl. We’re living in unprecedented times. A global pandemic has forced change upon every business. Many companies are using this time to re-evaluate how they work. Leadership teams are having to think quickly and radically about how their business is structured. Over the

Three Practical Ways to Be a More Successful Leader and Manager

Article authored by Invigorate Advisor, Edwin Abl. Before I offer any guidance on leadership, I’d like to explain that the advice contained within this piece is based on what works for me. I’m not an expert. I have built up a playbook of ideas and structures over the

How to Motivate and Get the Best Results from Your Team

Article authored by Invigorate Advisor, Robert Yeo. Leading others Let’s face facts, as a professional in the modern workplace, you are a leader. It isn’t up for debate, but whether you become a great leader is something that requires your focus and truckloads of determination. Leadership is being

Inclusivity in the Banking Sector - How Do We Fix It?

Article co-authored by Invigorate and Invigorate Advisor, Lana Tahirly Abdullayeva. The banking sector has never been traditionally known for its diverse and inclusive culture, but thankfully that is changing. A study of 71 banks in 20 countries conducted last year by SKEMA Business School’s Observatory on the Feminisation of

Who’s Really Driving the Sustainability Agenda?

Is it customers, founders, investors…? In a recent report that we co-authored with Beauhurst, entitled ‘How Scaleups are Driving the Sustainable Economy’, we shone the spotlight on a number of growing businesses in the UK and Europe who have sustainability goals and agendas at the core of what they’re

Does the Future of Retail lie in Sustainability?

According to a Nielsen survey from 2018, 73% of global consumers said they would definitely change their consumption habits to reduce environmental impact. In the same study, almost half of the respondents (49%) said they would pay higher-than-average prices for products with high-quality and safety standards. And despite the events

A Guide to Building a Great Advisor Profile on the Invigorate Platform

As an advisor to some of the most successful businesses in the UK, you’ve undoubtedly spent years honing your craft and perfecting your skills. And you’d now like to pass on that experience and expertise to the next generation of growing businesses. However, this is no easy feat.

Why Scaling Businesses Need to Stop Thinking About Fundraising as a Tick Box Exercise

Article co-authored by Invigorate & Invigorate Advisor, Rich Kershaw. If you’re a scaling business starting to think about your Series B raise, then you need to stop thinking about fundraising as a tick box exercise. Why? Because if you’re still thinking in terms of fundraising checklists and financial tick

Diversity in Leadership - Is It Really Something We Can Fix?

Amidst all the talk of further lockdowns and economic recessions, we took some time out for our recent October masterclass to talk about that other BIG corporate topic – Diversity. We were joined by Azeem Akhtar, Global CTO of Resources, Manufacturing & Logistics at BT Global Services, to talk about his experience

How to Leverage Workplace Diversity to Drive Business Growth

2020 put a lot of important issues on the back-burner – climate change and corporate diversity being two of them! But as governments across the world took measures to ensure the ‘good’ from this year plays out into sustainable climate change measures, so too should companies see the coming years as

Is the Way in Which We Sell Changing?

We’re all now accustomed to a faster pace of shopping. Events in 2020 have accelerated a global shift to purchasing online, and it’s not just for clothing and furniture through the likes of Amazon and boohoo.com. Indeed, disruptive startups such as Airbnb and Uber have also changed

Demystifying Advisors

Building a world class start-up is hard! As a founder, you are building a team and a business model, a product and a marketing strategy, whilst raising investment – there is never enough bandwidth or skills to do everything your business demands. Once you’ve started, it never stops. Running a

What Does an Invigorate Advisor Look Like?

As a scaling business, you’ve no doubt been mired in the challenge of building a great team to run your business. Indeed, according to Entrepreneur, the need for a scalable workforce is one of the top key trends shaping the future of work right now. Whether it’s full-time

How to Maintain Fundraising Momentum in an Economic Downturn

Is now a good time to be fundraising? Are VC’s still investing in this period of economic uncertainty? If you are fundraising, how do you maintain momentum and take advantage of the opportunities out there? These were just some of the questions we tackled in our recent Invigorate Masterclass

One Economy to Rule Them All

2016. In many ways, it doesn’t feel like that long ago. In terms of digital business models however, it feels like a lifetime has passed. It’s something that Simon Torrance, one of the world’s leading experts on corporate innovation, platform strategy and corporate venturing, knows all about.

How We Use Data Science to Power a Human Network

Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack… what do they all have in common? They all make finding, connecting and engaging with people quicker and easier. Just think how quickly you can now find professional connections on LinkedIn, or how easily you can now get an answer to your question by posting in a

Founder Spotlight - Alex Preece

How do you go from serving in the British Army to founding a voucher platform that’s eventually bought by MoneySuperMarket.com? And what sort of challenges do you face when trying to scale an API business that has massive value but largely unseen powering other businesses!? We spoke with

Fintech Scaleup? Here’s What you Need to Know About How the Sector is Changing.

The Financial Services sector is one that’s been hitting the headlines a lot lately. From how Covid has affected the Fintech industry, to the annual results of Monzo, Starling and Revolut, it’s certainly not short of news and views. We wanted to take a deeper look at the

Why Global Tech Companies Are Doubling Down on Customer Loyalty

Reap as you sow – the secret to customer loyalty boiled down to four words. Now for the slightly longer explanation. 2020 has not been easy for a lot of companies across the globe. In a rush attempt to cut costs, companies have been laying off employees. As a result, nearly

How Do You Pivot a Scaleup?

And what best practices are there to follow? 2020 turned out to be the year of the pivot. As budgets were slashed, VC funds dried up, and consumers and businesses all across the globe assessed their spending habits, the growth markets we’d all been used to took a pummelling.

The UK's Top 10 Healthtech Startups Working Towards COVID-19 Solutions

Over the last few weeks, almost all industries have been impacted by the spread of Covid-19 and the restrictions put in place to limit the transmission of the virus. The UK’s £36bn health tech sector, which includes firms from startups to global tech players, has rallied to support those